A Gift List and A Shameless Plea… can you use our link when you shop on Black Friday?

November 26, 2020

Black Friday is here and many of you will shop on Amazon. If you do, please consider using the AAR link. As you probably know, AAR gets 4% of certain…

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Romance of the Year? What’s your pick?

November 24, 2020

If AAR readers were picking the Goodreads Readers Choice Award for best romance of 2020, you’d pick The Switch by Beth O’Leary. (It’s currently beating Boyfriend Material by two votes…

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World Reading Habits During Covid

November 22, 2020

Have you been reading more in 2020? Because of coronavirus and the lockdowns, we’re spending more time at home than we’re used to. For many people, it was the perfect…

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the ask@AAR: Could you forgive this hero?

November 20, 2020

It’s always an experience to read Vintage AAR.  This article by Paula Detmer Riggs on writing taboo subjects is especially thought-provoking. She wrote about the hero of her book, Her…

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It’s the final round….

November 17, 2020

The final round in the Goodreads Choice Awards is up and, guess what guys, it does not include AAR’s most recent winner which, with 16 of the 61 votes cast,…

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It’s the Semi-Final Round at Goodreads and they’ve added books!

November 15, 2020

Today is the last day of the semi-final round in the Goodreads Choice Awards and they’ve added books nominated by readers. In our survey, based on the choices in the…

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The ask@AAR: Scruffy or Suited?

November 13, 2020

A friend of mine just sent me this article. (Men are shaving less during the pandemic. Women are not.) My instant–and very personal–response, was “Great, just what we need, more…

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?: A guest post by Alexandra Y. Caluen

November 11, 2020

“The naming of cats is a difficult matter’ – T.S. Eliot At what point do fictional characters get a name? Generally, it’s when they have to be identified in order…

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Best Jane Austen adaptation?

November 9, 2020

I am–and this is embarrassing–finally watching the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. And yes, it does have Colin Firth in a sexy…

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A Love Letter to London by Courtney Giardina: A Guest Post

November 7, 2020

I have to admit, it was my love of the fairy tale romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton that prompted me to vote for London when my now husband…

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the ask@AAR: What are your favorite holiday books?

November 6, 2020

We’re coming up on the holiday stretch: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, the Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the New Year. (Let me know if I’ve missed one you celebrate, please.) This constraints of…

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AAR wants you!

November 4, 2020

Today, we are running a review by Elaine S, a regular commenter at AAR.  She’d contacted me and suggested we consider reader reviews which, historically, we have published but in…

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